Note 54 — THE REVENGE.
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John Tinker, governor 1740-1758. He came out in the Rose, Capt. Thomas Frankland, along with Peter Henry Bruce, the military engineer, and arrived at New Providence Apr. 21, 1741. According to Bruce, he had previously been factor to the South Sea Company at Panama, and governor of Cape Coast in Guinea for the Royal African Company. Major Stewart, mentioned just above, was William Stewart, a member of the colonial council and major of the militia. Memoirs of Peter Henry Bruce, pp. 375, 385, 386, 395. Journal of the Assembly of the Bahamas, 1741, passim.